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First got it in October '04 for free when working for call center contractor.
After I left the company in middle of '05, let it lapse for awhile, then got it reconnected spring of '06 and it's been on ever since:D

I wrote, produced, directed, shot and starred in my own 1st TV broadcast, which I watched at home by myself. Screw the neighbors. Let them launch their own satellite.

I'm still pissed off at Arthur C. Clarke for stealing the idea of geosynchronous satellites from me.

Came up with my own content package - Uranium. Only I am impervious to the radiation.

I didn't have a dish. I just stood in the backyard, looked up at the heavens, and smiled.

Primestar was named after me. It was my handle at NASA. I created it when Jesus was already taken.

When someone threatened to sign up before me, I created a black hole to stop the passage of time. Poor sucker got drawn into it. The black hole also ate up all customers #4 through 15,000. Now that was a mistake and I'm sorry for it.

we started in the early 90's with DBS (under my parents name as i was 9 or 10 at the time) There was a man that knocked on our door and told us what cool channels we could get by signing up for a service called primestar... The parents had it till they where forced to Directv in 99.

My oldest brother now lives in that house as my parents have now passed on and the primestar dish is still mounted on a pole in the yard.. the main reason its still there isbecause right next to the pole mount is a dog house and it all faces the major road going though town.... when you drive by the house it looks like the dog is a happy sub...

Myself i have had directv off and on since 98... only reason i canceled was because i was moving to a place that a dish was not possible.. At this point i would have to say i wont move anywhere i cant have Directv!

Continuous subscriber (same location) since January 1996. As a rural customer, my original account was through Harron Communications, later acquired by Pegasus, and then later acquired by DirecTV. Until I went HD, had to buy all the equipment. I hate to think what I've spent over the years.

Will probably be moving this year, and will definitely stay with DirecTV.

13 years almost to the day. Had my DirecTiVo (Philips 6000) installed right around valentines day. Was on the fence with Ultimate TV vs. TiVo for weeks. Glad I picked TiVo, but heard some good things about Ultimate TV.

Doesn't mean I won't continue to prod for content and technical improvements as they become commercially available - but, core staff have stayed on board through thick and thin - I imagine I will, too.

Sometime in 1994. Got it before they offered it in my market. I think I paid about $1000, (about the same that I paid for my first Tivo a few years later). Account number 12xxxx. I just know when I call to make a change to my account, the person on the other end always seems a bit surprised by how long I have been with them

Early adopter in 1996....started out with buying a couple of Sony receivers. Used DirecTV now in 3 different states.

Years later...the dawn of HD blossomed and in 2006, joined the HD DVR world.

Geez time flies.

Time flies and so does technology. Back in 1998 my employer moved me back to my home stompin' grounds and I had the opportunity (?) to build a new house. Funny how I designed my DIRECTV system (single SD receiver) to run the same composite signal to all rooms with TVs. It's all that I knew at the time. but thank God I used RG-6:o